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DELIVERING equally powerful performances are Lee Marvin as the cold-hearted, vicious American John Osborn, who comes to Russia to buy sables and falls lustfully in love with Irina, played by stunning newcomer Joanna Pacula. Resembling Natassia Kinski with her East European sultry good looks, Pacula proves as good an actress as she is beautiful. Irina, a young Siberian woman who desperately wants to leave Russia, was friends with the three murdered victims. Pacula inculcates a quiet desperation in her Irina, who against her will falls in love with the inquisitive Renko. She monopolizes the screen with her strikingly passionate...
...gentlemanly fight last week with Roberto Duran, undisputed Middleweight Champion of the World Marvin Hagler was both an evident winner and an obvious loser, perversely confirming the curious viewpoint of the Las Vegas judge who scored six of the 15 rounds for nobody. The fight was not as close as the scores indicated (on two of three cards, Duran could have taken the decision in the last round), but it was close enough to reprieve Duran as a personification of shame and to reduce Hagler as a figure of terror...
...VEGAS--Marvelous Marvin Hagler, letting out all stops in the 15th round, scored a unanimous but close decision over a gallant Roberto Duran Thursday night and retained the undisputed world middleweight championship...
...Marvin Mitchelson, 54, palimony lawyer, on prenuptial contracts: "In nine of ten agreements I've drawn up, the couples eventually got divorced. It might be a wise legal move, but it sure isn't romantic...
...Actor Lee Marvin's legal troubles began when his ex-roommate filed suit against him. Her claim: the two made an oral agreement to share all property accumulated during the time they lived together (1964-70). Michelle Triola Marvin, as she calls herself, demanded that the actor ante up a solid million-including shares in film rights, a home in Malibu, and an island in the South Pacific. Though Marvin denied that such an agreement was ever made, the California Supreme Court ruled in favor of his 36-year-old ex. The landmark decision, handed down last week, states...